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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis
Eris , the goddess of discord was the only god uninvited she threw a golden apple into the wedding that said "for the faires" , aphrodite , athena and hera all wanted the apple , but zeus would not choose between them. -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgment of paris
The judgment of paris was a contest between the three most beautiful goddess of olympos aphrodite , athena and hera for the prize of a golden apple addressed to the "fairest". The subsquent abduction of helene led directly to the trojan war and the fall of the city. -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris goes to visit king menelaus of sparta
Paris went to sparta and took helen away with him to troy. The trojans refused to send her back. agamemnom raised an army of greek warriors to retrieve helen , reminding them of their oath to her husband. -
Jan 4, 1000
The trojans mysterious gift
The trojans pulled the mysterioius into the city. When night fell , the horse opened up and a group of greek warriors, led by the odysseus , climbed out and sacked the troy from within. -
Jan 5, 1000
The Trojans Defeat
After the trojans defeate , the greeks heroes slowly made their way home , Odysseus took 10 years to make the arduos and often-interrupted journey home to ithaca recounted in the "Odyssey". Helen, whose two successive trojan husbands were killed during the war , returned to sparta to reign with menelaus. -
Jan 6, 1000
The Trojan War epics
In the first century b.c the roman poet virgil composed the "aeneid", the third great classical epic inspired by the trojan war. it follows a group of trojans led by the hero aeneas who leaves their destroyed city to travel to carthage before founding the city of rome. -
Jan 7, 1000
First gathering at aulis
The archaean forces first gathered at aulis , all the suitors sent their forces except king cinyras of cyprus. Though he sent breastplates to agamemnom and promised to send 50 ships , he sent only one real ship led by the son of mygdalion , and 49 ships made of clay. -
Jan 8, 1000
The judgment of arms
A great battle raged around the Archillies. ajax held back the trojans , while Odysseus carried the body away. When Archillies armour was offered to the smartest warrior , the two that had saved his body came forward as competitors. -
Jan 9, 1000
The Odyssey
Odysseus ten year journey home to ithaca was told in homer's odyssey. Odysseus and his men were blown far off course to lands unknown to the Archaeans. There odysseus had many adventures, including the famous encounter with the Cyclops Polyphemus. -
Jan 10, 1000
Odysseus and Archillies
Since menelaus wedding. Odysseus had married penelope and fathered a son , Telemachus in order to avoid the war , he feigned madness and sowed his fields with salt. Palamedes outwitted him by placing his infant son infront of the ploughs path. and odysseus turned aside , unwilling to kill his son so revailing his sanity and forcing him to join the war.
